This Key to My Heart fabric valentine has a sweet secret. Lena of Lena’s Place shares the pattern and instructions in a guest post on Sew, Mama, Sew! Go to the tute.
Stitch some valentine coasters
So clever! Lisa of Goodknits shows us how to turn an inexpensive cork tile into four coasters and adds simple stitching that creates a negative-space design. She points out that, while the heart version is appropriate for a valentine gift, … Read More...
Free pattern and tutorial: Cross-stitch valentine card
LOVE this subtle cross-stitched valentine! Monica of Our Designed Life shares her pattern and shows how to stitch it on paper. Go to her post for the pattern and tute.
Many thanks to Floresita of Feeling Stitchy for pointing … Read More...
Free valentine embroidery patterns
Mollie of Wild Olive reprises her free Hearts Day embroidery pattern. Two views of three designs are included. Go to her blog post for the link to the PDF file.
Inspiration: The Trouble with Crafting
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting created this hoop for a swap partner who said her tastes are “modern and traditional.” Great solution! Because it’s a doodle, there is no pattern to share, but there’s much to learn from enlarging … Read More...
Tutorial: Valentine sweater
Casey of Elegant Musings shows us how to add flash to a plain sweater with a bit of applique and bead embroidery–simple enough for beginners. Go to her post for the pattern and tutorial.
And many thanks to Rachel … Read More...
Stitch a valentine card
Kelly Fletcher of Materialistic shares a simple and sweet pattern and tutorial for a hand-stitched valentine card. Whip one up tonight! Go to Kelly’s post.
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New: Embroidery patterns by Lucky Jackson
Lucky Jackson embroidery patterns are available now! Go to her blog post to get the details.
Ed. note: Lucky did not ask or compensate me to post about her patterns. I just think her stuff rocks.
Tutorial: Embroidered sachets
Sylvia of WindyRiver shows us how to make appliqued and embroidered sachet pouches. Fill them with dried lavender or an herb that you love. See the tute.
Tutorial: Valentine mini-hoop
Laura of Bugs and Fishes shares the pattern and tutorial for this sweet heart embroidery sized for a 3-inch mini-hoop. If you’re not in the mood for Valentine’s Day, imagine how cute it would be stitched in other colors for … Read More...
Learn about Suzani
Get a brief education in Suzani–“an embroidery technique, practiced across Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the northern regions of India and other central Asian countries.” Pallavi‘s post on the Textile Arts Center’s blog will have you scouring the web for … Read More...
Grossly lovely
This little art quilt is beautiful, well stitched…and it cracks me up! It’s called Petri Dish, and the motifs mimic different kinds of cells in culture. Those French knot critters look like something I’ve seen growing in my fridge. See … Read More...
Free hand-embroidery pattern
Enjoy this beautiful Friday Freebie pattern from SharonB of PinTangle. Get the free image.
A pillow to love
This appliqued and embroidered pillow by Tasha of A Little Sweetness makes me so happy! She says, “Who doesn’t like a reason to use as many cute fabrics as possible in one project?” Indeed! She explains how she did it–with … Read More...
Free hand-embroidery pattern: Valentine Dutch girl
Sarah of Gingerbread Cottage is sharing this sweet vintage pattern. You still have time to stitch it for Valentine’s Day! Get the free image.
The beauty of chevron stitch
The TAST challenge for week 6 is chevron stitch, and lots of stitchy goodness is emerging from participants’ experiments. Here are a couple of examples. Top: Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations stitched a freeform design. How did she get the … Read More...
Tricia’s “Yucky Casket”
Tricia of Thistle Threads has started a new, fascinating project. She has acquired an antique casket (the type usually covered with embroidered fabric) in bad shape but with much of the original hardware intact. She’ll be deconstructing it carefully to … Read More...